Juan Sebastián Molano Benavides (born 11 April 1994) is a Colombian professional
racing cyclist
Cycle sport is competitive physical activity using bicycles. There are several categories of bicycle racing including road bicycle racing, cyclo-cross, mountain bike racing, track cycling, BMX, and cycle speedway. Non-racing cycling spo ...
, who currently rides for
UCI WorldTeam
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.
Career
Molano was named in the startlist for the
2017 Vuelta a España
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.
He started riding in the
2019 Giro d'Italia,
but he was suspended by his team following stage 3 after "seemingly unusual physiological results". The team refrained from commenting further until more tests were carried out. Molano did not start stage 4. Molano was later cleared to resume racing at the
Adriatica Ionica Race in late-July 2019 after further tests found he was "highly sensitive to altitude changes."
In June 2022, Molano was disqualified from the
Critérium du Dauphiné after he punched
Hugo Page in the head. In September of the same year, he won the final stage of the
2022 Vuelta a España ahead of his team-mate
Pascal Ackermann, despite the expectation that Ackermann would be the final man in the team's lead-out train.
Molano competed in the
2023 Vuelta a España. He took a win on Stage 12 of the race, finishing ahead of
Kaden Groves.
Major results
;2014
:
Pan American Track Championships
::1st

Omnium
::1st

Team pursuit
;2016
(1 pro win)
: 1st Stage 1
Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid
: 1st Stage 4
Vuelta a Colombia
;2017
(2)
:
Volta ao Alentejo
::1st Stages 3 & 5
: 3rd

Road race,
Pan American Road Championships
: 3rd
Grand Prix de Denain
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;2018
(6)
: 1st

Road race, Pan American Road Championships
: 1st Overall
Tour of China I
::1st Points classification
::1st Stage 2
:
Tour of Xingtai
::1st Stages 2 & 3
: 1st Stage 2
Tour of China II
: 10th Overall
Tour of Taihu Lake
::1st Points classification
::1st Stages 1 & 2
;2019
(1)
: 1st Stage 3
Tour Colombia
;2020
(3)
:
Tour Colombia
::1st Points classification
::1st Stages 2, 3 & 5
;2021
(4)
:
Vuelta a Burgos
::1st Points classification
::1st Stages 2 & 4
:
Giro di Sicilia
::1st Points classification
::1st Stages 1 & 2
: 7th
Coppa Bernocchi
The Coppa Bernocchi is a European Road bicycle racing, bicycle race held in Legnano, Italy. From 2005 to 2019, the race was organised as a UCI race classifications, 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour, before joining the UCI ProSeries in 2020.
In 1 ...
;2022
(2)
: 1st Stage 21
Vuelta a España
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: 1st Stage 4
Boucles de la Mayenne
: 2nd
Trofeo Playa de Palma
: 5th
Clásica de Almería
;2023
(5)
: 1st
Grand Prix de Denain
Grand Prix de Denain is a professional road bicycle racing, cycle road race held in Denain, France. For 10 years from 2005 the race was organized as a UCI race classifications, 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour, before becoming a 1.HC event for th ...
: 1st Stage 12
Vuelta a España
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: 1st Stage 4
UAE Tour
: 1st Stage 5
Tour of Guangxi
: 1st Stage 1
Vuelta a Burgos
: 5th
Trofeo Palma
: 7th
Bredene Koksijde Classic
: 9th
Classic Brugge–De Panne
: 10th
Clásica de Almería
;2024
(1)
: 1st Stage 2
CRO Race
: 6th
Brussels Cycling Classic
The Brussels Cycling Classic (known until June 2013 as Paris–Brussels) is a classic cycle races, semi classic European Road bicycle racing, bicycle race, one of the oldest races on the international calendar.
History
Paris–Brussels was first ...
: 7th
Classic Brugge–De Panne
;2025
(2)
: 1st
Classic Brugge–De Panne
: 1st Stage 5
Tour de Hongrie
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
References
External links
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1994 births
Living people
Colombian male cyclists
Place of birth missing (living people)
Cyclists from Boyacá Department
Colombian Vuelta a España stage winners
21st-century Colombian sportsmen